so i want to know if trump has evolved, changed, or moved his position. that is a primary position in his discussion. >> cornell, belcher, welcome to the team as well, thank you. thank you for joining us this hour, my friend kris jansing picking things up now. >> we're watching two major stories unfolding at this hour. they are calling it a nuclear storm barrelling toward the state of florida. it has already decimated barbuda and st. maarten. president trump spoke about the threat from irma just a little while ago. >> we don't know exactly where it will be landing, where land fall will be, but we think we're as well prepared as you can possibly be. it is heading right now right

directly into florida. so hopefully they will take a turn, going east ward quickly. >> we're moments away from a live news conference. what is expected to dominate reporter questions? the short term deal with questions on the debt limit and hurricane harvey aide. republicans are furious that president trump was reaching across the aisle. >> isn't it a good thing that congressional leaders talk. that is probably a pretty good thing. number two welcome the president made it really clear. what he was aiming for in that meeting yesterday is a bipartisan moment while the country is facing two horrible

hurricanes. >>. >> there is this president trump tweeting about daca and assuring dreamers today not to worry just days after sending his attorney general out to rescind the program. that comes after a phone chat with the president this morning. >> she called this morning, she said thank you for calling. this is the reassurance we need from you, mr. president, that the six month period is not just a period of round up. but it is just the daca. this is what they asked the president to do. >> it appeared and it was a stunning turn of events. >> kristen welker is live at the

white house. >> glenn thrush is the white house correspondent for the times, kristen, after calling the democrats obstructionists and more, donald trump strikes an agreement on the debt limit with them. and he raved to schumer and pelosi about their news coverage this morning, what the heck happened? >> it is a stunning turn of events. according to officials we have been speaking with, republicans felt blindsided. just to take you into the oval office, republican lawmakers went in pushing for a longer exsengs of t-- extension of the debt limit. democrats were not having it. they would not go with that plan, they were dug in on wanting a shorter time line.

they said ultimately three months. it was something that the president agreed to in the room there. really surprising not only top advisors, but republican congressional leaders. they thought this was going to just be a typical oval office meeting. but the president clearly had a very different idea in mind. based on my conversations with some of his top aids, the strategy, the thinking behind it, the president wanted to get through hurricane funding. he wanted to clear the debts. he wants to move on to other priority issues like tax reform that he knows will be very difficult, and daca. but there is another piece to this. he felt stung by congressional republicans, and he is coming to

the realization that to get some of these big things done he may need to work with democrats. their concern is that he may have just given away his leverage for some of these future battles. so he will ask about all of that in a few minutes. >> we're going to maybe have to interrupt you, garrett haake. we heard this kind of -- oh, it is for the better good, but privately how ticked off are some members of congress? >> they're not just privately upset, they're publicly upset. i spoke to lindsey graham about two minutes ago. he said other than not doing this in the time that we want, and putting republicans in a box, this is a great deal. they're not happy, and they're showing it in different ways. we saw earlier today two

amendments to this package. one was a rand paul that would have off set all of this money by taking it from foreign aid. another was to just to a clean harvey relief package. so a lot of conservative republicans, a lot of sort of hardcore conservative republicans are finding ways to dismiss their pleasure on this. but as they said to me, they're in a box here, there is not much they have to do about it. they found a willing partner in democrats, so now democrats are reaping what they sued on that. >> i want to ask about your piece. they revealed the daca, he told

aids that most of the feed back was positive. then mr. trump grasped just how perilous it had become. you could see, glen, in the press conference with nancy pelosi, she almost could not believe it. >> nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are two pretty smart customers when it comes to figuring out leverage and he just lead them in the room basically. paul ryan is really good on policy but he does not possess the political riles that others

do. and grasping the degree of letting schumer into the oval in a meaningful way, and that picture of schumer an trump in the oval office i think said it all. they almost hugged, they were kidding around. i think what people don't realize is this thing about them not talking has been kabuki. they have been communitying through aides. i would not say they love each other, but he sees himself as a driver, that is the way trump views himself in queens. they speak the same language. . >> is this going to turn out, maybe, to be a win for this p d president, that when he turned on cable news they keep saying that he is not the dealmaker

that he said he was? >> i think it depends on how you define win. the president defines it as getting a deal no matter what that deal is. we saw it with the original health care bill that passed the house. at the time he was excited, he had a win. i also would go back to the iconic picture yesterday of the president and assumer that was so jarring. this was the image, if you remember, going into this white house that we were promised. there was a sense that this was a president, shumer was a deal maker and they could do this bipartisan deal. it ended up not happening until yesterday, but i think there is a point where he said he loved the coverage of the bipartisan moment and he loved the positive media attention and he does define that as a win.

>> in the meantime, you have steve bannon making comments in the news. >> the stuff leaked out by that week was unacceptable. if you find it up snacceptable should resign. if you don't like what gary cohen is doing, you don't agree with it, you have an obligation to to resign. they need illegal aliens to fill churches. they have an economic interest in unlimited immigration. unlimited illegal immigration. >> can he say what he wants to say, he does not have a chief of

staff that will stop him from wandering into the oval office. >> steve bannon is like a florentine sculptor, he always needs a patron to do his thing. donald trump was his patron, but the ultimate patron is the mercer family. they bankroll breitbart, steve b bannon. and they are difficulting more towards the center, the koch brothers, and the koch brothers support comprehensive immigration reform and the mercers don't. i think it is a hat field and mccoy dynamic. >> but bannon is out on the

outside now. >> who is michael anglo in this scenario? >> you. >> we have really gone off of the deep end here, but what has happened over just the last 24 hours or so is so stunning and now you have bannon in this interview, we don't know about him, but he is out of the running to become fed chief, is that a coincidence. >> my understanding is that he saw gary cohen going out, giving that interview to the financial times, criticizing him for the response in the wake of charlottesville. as wildly inappropriate.

you certainly don't air it in public and that is why he was taken out of the running for fed chair. >> we're going to continue to wait for the president to come out. a lot of things out there we want to talk to him about. let's get caught up in the meantime while we wait for the president on our next big story. facing the next natural i did sas aeroas hurricane irma sets it's sites on the united states. >> we're working very hard. we have tremendous groups of talented people there. the people of florida are like the people of texas and louisiana. you see how they react under this these horrible situations. not as much power as hurricane harvey. >> hurricane watches and storm surge watches both issued for

the state. the category five storm predicted to hit early on sunday. they labelled it a nuclear hurricane. they are urging them to get out. more than 30,000 people have evacuated the florida keys alone. now they are out of gas and people are trying to book last minute flights and their seeing very high prices. it is being fuelled with images of destruction. 90% of the buildings have been levels. >> the size of the storm, wiede than the entire state and could have life threatening impacts coast to coast.

>> it is that powerful. >> this is my first real hurricane in florida. so i'm looking at it better safe than story. >> the patio door a few times, and the wind speed was so strong we had to hold on to we did not blow away. are we getting any clearer picture of where this storm is headed? >> moment by moment and update by update. this storm is not shifting the strength very much. the good news is all of our models are in agreement but that is not good news for where the storm is going and what it will bring. . sustained winds at 175 miles per hour. this storm is still, as we look at it right now, the perfectly

formed eye of this monster that, by the way when you look at this clouds, it's about 600 miles across. when you see the eye traveling north, that is good for those islands. then you notice the turks and caicos and the bahamas are a little further north and that is not good for those areas. the eye really will drag all of the way across to a good portion of the southern baa ham mas as it works closer to florida. so winds and a storm surge for those islands that are about 20 feet high. >> we only have about a minute but tell us what is going on at the airport in miami. >> i have been here since 4:00 in the morning and the scene here has not changed.

if anything it has gotten worse. i want our camera man to show you what people are facing. a sea of people as they try to leave south florida to he'd the warnings to get out quickly. it's not easy to do. there is a shortage of gas and 40% of the gas stations in miami and when they try to leave by air, they're facing canceled flights, airlines not bringing their crews here as often as they should be, and people here just trying to get out of the path of this monster storm. the airport is closing in on them quite literally. >> let me go back to sam champion. how confident are the folks at noah about this storm path. we saw there was so many different abopossibilities here.

>> it has been in the last 24 hours that they feel really confident. the three-day forecast has been on track. it has been four or five days out that has been the biggest question. that is where you see them spread out widely and it was going east of florida or to the gulf. we're looking at sunday as the impact of the storm near the tip of florida. they are beginning to narrow that window down. really, there is only two. if you look at the east coast track, some models are saying they never really make connection with south florida. but there is also the possibility and a real one that the center of this storm will move on landfall of south

florida. that is really bad news. we have not seen anything like this in south florida. >> hurricane irma is racing towards florida, and i want to go back to kristen welker, we heard from the president already today, about the preparations from irma, but what is on the list of questions we're likely to hear? >> the delegations have just arrived including secretary of state rex tillerson. in terms of what will be on top of the agenda here, undoubtedly daca. president trump had conflicting messaging frankly when it comes to daca. he announced he would rescind the program and give the white house six months to take action.

then he said if that doesn't happen he may revisit the issue. so we will press him for clarity. will he will laeaning towards putting forward a piece of legislation, and obviously north korea, the crisis there. it is the biggest foreign policy crisis this this administration is facing. we pressed the president on if he would consider military action and he continues to pivot on some of those questions. those are among the top issues. >> the sound behind you was the vice president, secretary kelly came in as well. we should be hearing any minute now. i was surprised to learn myself that there are about 6,000 north

koreans that work in kuwait so that could be a topic, what else is on their agenda here? >> i think you're right. president trump expected to press him to stop the guest worker program. the 6,000 north korea guest workers. the president has consistently tried to pressure a number of countries, particularly those in the rejob to cut off essentially any economic ties with north korea to choke that country out so they will stop their provocation. the leader of kuwait is dealing with, and the fact that the number of countries, and that they have cut off with qatar, from potentially providing funding to those who are terrorists or those who are -- kris, i'm going to send it back

to you as we await the president and the leader of kuwait. >> the president is coming in along with the amir, essentially the monarch of kuwait following their meetings. we heard brief comments earlier in the office, now let's listen to this press conference. >> thank you very much. good afternoon and thank you for all being here. it's my great honor to welcome his highness, the amir of kuwait to the white house. the united states and kuwait share a strong and enduring partnership. we recently commenced the 27th day of remembrance of saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait that we all remember so well. the united states is proud to have contributed to the

liberation of kuwait. we reaffirm our commitment to our shared security interests and recognize kuwait's critical contributions to regional stability. we also thank them for their humanitarian leadership, and for the participate with isis. in my trip to saudi arabia, i spoke about our need to confront terrorist groups that threaten all civilized people. every responsible nation must work together to strip these groups of their territory, their financing, and the false allure of their evil ideology. i applaud them for their role in this effort, and encourage them

to do their fair share for those doing their part. they must decide what future they want for their own children. one of violence or one of peace. that also means confronting those like the iranian regime that support terror groups and radical militias. it is sharing counter intelligence. promoting kuwait investments in the united states. they are making great investments and they have great confidence in our country. also a buy laterilateral agreem including customs enforcement.

in the same trip, it was my great honor to represent our incredible country. his highness asked me to expedite a $5 million agreement for the sale of an f 818 super hornet fighting jet. the state department has now authorized this transferred purchase which will not only strengthen our mutual security and gint america workers. their investments through the sovereign wealth fund have created many jobs in the american work force. i'm pleased to report this year that kuwait has taken delivery of ten american made boeing 777 airliners. american workers build the best planes in the world and we want

them to be made available for those countries that want them and kuwait has been a big buyer of commercial airliners made by boeing and others. our partnership extends beyond economic and security interests. we're signing a memorandum to deeper the ties between our two countries, enhancing english language and that is what we will be doing. we're enhancing the whole relationship through the use of the english language, and i think that is very exciting for both of us. i want to thank his highness for his lip role and the role he is playing to help the gulf cooperation council follow through on their pledges from all over. because we were to saudi arabia, and all of the pledges came from everyone in that room on that

magnificent day. we're addressing the on-going ccc dispute. and the amir is leading those decisions and hopefully it will be resolved very soon. we call on our allies to focus on our commitments at that saudi arabia summit to continue our efforts to drive out and defeat terrorists. qatar, saudi arabia, bahran, egypt and more are all essential partners. we have great ripts with all of them right now. we will be most successful. secretary of state tillerson will help chair the kuwait strategic dialogue by

strengthening communications with allies like kuwait, we send a strong message to terrorist organizations and regional aggressors that they cannot win. they will not win, they cannot win against us. our military is getting stronger and stronger and stronger. those who cherish and value human life will always prevail. i want to thank his highness for joining us here today. the united states values it's close friendship with kuwait and it's people. we look forward to strengthening these bonds even further. the forces of destruction and extremism is no match for the blessings of prosperity and piece. thank you very much, i appreciate that.

>> translator: my dear president, mr. president donald trump, your excellence and highness ladies and gentlemen. i'm delighted and my delegation to be here today in washington, this great city, in response to the invitation that his excellency, my friend, president trump extended to me. i would like at the outset to reaffirm and send our condolences to the president and the american people about the victims of hurricane harvey that hit texas and we are deeply

affected by the human losses and the huge destruction of public facilities and property. i pray to god that they would make this coming hurricane that is about to hit florida for it to be a bringer of goodness not evil. i wish and hope that the losses would not be harmful to the american people. or, and would not cause cause sadness for those falling victim to this hurricane.

we reaffirm that we stand by our friends in the u.s. in fighting and confronting this. we have had deep and comprehensive discussions of our bilateral and historic relationship and advanced relationships in all levels of the politically, military, and security levels. to serve the mutual interest of our two countries and our two people. i would like to commend the commitment that we have sensed here on the part of the u.s., for the security of the state of kuwait. and within the framework of these relations. . we remember with great gratitude the great role that the u.s. played when it assumed the

leadership of the international coalition that lip rated my country from the throws of the invadi invadi invading iraqi forces and restored it's freedom and the memory will remain forever in the minds of the kuwait people. we also highly value the strategic relations between our two countries if fore most among which is the unfortunate dispute between our brothers in the gulf region and our efforts to contain it.

infighting terrorism, and ending the sources of funding for it. the prominent role that the united states plays in combatting terrorism, especially the recent victories against terrorism, and we have discussed the situation in iraq, and the catastrophic situation in syria, yemen, and syria and libya and we affirm the need to end the fighting there through dialogue. between the various disputing parties, and we have affirmed the necessity of the security concert to show that it's responsibility in maintains international peace and stability that represents the --

because the continuation of those struggles, it continues to be a threat with respect to the pal t palestinian effort. and that they need to reach an everlasting solution to this problem. and in accordance with the international solutions and the arab peace solution. once again i thank his exlce excellency for the invitation, i look forward to meeting with him

in the service of both countries and people. thank you, mr. president. >> lrtall right, we'll take a couple of questions, all right, we'll go to somebody else this time, john, you've been doing enough. john, cbs. >> thanks. on the question of north korea, the country feels a crisis is comes. some have described it as inevitably moving forward. do you support a north korea that has weapons but is deter d deterred, or do they absolutely need no weapons.

>> military action is is certainly an option. is it inevitable? nothing is inevitable. it would be great if something else was worked out. we have had presidents come through, the day after an agreement is reached, new work begins in north korea. continuation on noouk luclear, would continue not going the route of the military, but our military has never been stronger. we're in a position now, we have seen the numbers, it has been tens of billions of dollars more in investment. new equipment is delivered, the best from anywhere in the world. hopefully we won't have to use it on north korea. if we do, it will be a very sad

day for north korea. >> is it acceptable for you, as president for north korea to be nuclearized but contained and deterred? is that a strategy that you would prefer? >> i'm not negotiating with you. maybe we'll have a chance to negotiate with someone else, but i don't put my negotiations on the table. i don't talk about them. but i can tell you that north korea is behaving baddley and it has to stop, okay? a question for the amir? >> you mentioned in a general sense the situation with qatar, how optimistic are you that it would be resolved and what role would you like the president of the united states to play in achieving a resolution? >> we hope, we still have hope that the dispute would be resolved between qatar and it's

neighborly countries in the gcc. especially and our friend that's are assisting us in resolving this issue. i'm optimistic that the situation would come to a end in the very near future, god willing. >> question for the amir first? >> the question is for you first, mr. president. >> reporter: do you support qatar and the four countries and the holding of a conference that will include all parties in

kuwait? thank you. >> i would be willing to be the mediator if i could help between uie and saudi arabia where i have very great relationships. i spoke the other day with king solomon, we spoke on unrelated suspects, but it was a long conversation. i would be willing to mediate between them i would do so and i think you could have a deal worked out very quickly. kuwait has been the leader of getting it solved and we appreciate that very much. but i do believe that we will solve it. if we don't, i will be a mediator right here in the white house. i think we will come together quickly and have something solved.

>> translator: mr. amir, in light of the regional conditions in the region, has there been an assertion on the role of the u.s. agreement on the state of kuwait security? thank you. >> thank you, you heard now what they have said about the relations between kuwait and the u.s., and it's assertion of it's commitment to the security of kuwait. and this is not something new. and don't forget that the united states has managed with the other allies when kuwait was occupied and liberated kuwait from iraq within a few months.

and this is something that the kuwait people remember very well and everybody, also. and we here think that the united states is to thank for that. >> thank you, mr. president. you miss patched a team to israel and palestine and you have yet to meet the leaders of the u.n. soon. do we expect a new initiative to move the process further? and you just published a report about syria's regime using chemical weapons. does that mean that president assad now is immune from any persecution, and what can you do to stop the further use of chemical weapons? >> first of all, the

palestinians and we're working. they say it is the most difficult deal but it is something that could happen. i believe the relationships we have with both could help. it is an event that has never taken places. i think we have a chance of doing it. i think the palestines would like to see it happen, i think the i'd rasraelis would like to it happen. i think there is a chance that there could be peace, but again i say that a little bit reluctantly. we have tremendous talent of that particular transaction.

we have a great group of people, we will see what happens. i find it hard to believe that after what happened last time that assad would do that again. i have not heard what you just said, and i find that a little difficult to believe, but we would be extremely upset if he was using chemical weapons. we have very little to do with syria other than killing isis. what we do is we kill isis. and we have succeeded in that respect. we have done better in eight months of my presidency than the previous eight years against isis. isis is rapidly disappearing as you know, and that is because of our great military. the military has been absolutely incredible in terms of what they have done with isis and iraq and syria.

do you have a question for the amir? >> translator: yes, to the amir. all of the parties are holding on to their own positions with respect to qatar, where do you see a breakthrough in this dispute? do you see any indications to make is believe that this crisis will come to an end? >> the hope has not ended yet, i would like to affirm that qatar is ready. to meet all of the demands that were put, the 13 demands that were presented, and is ready to sit at that table to negotiate with us all everything related

to this dispute related to the parties. the gulf parties. as you know we have 13 demands that were presented, and we know that not all of these demands are acceptable. but if we were to sit down together and discuss these 13 demands, and we have indeed accepted them, we would be able to resolve all 13 bhands, all of the issues and points that harm and relate to the dispute between the countries of the region and anything that harms the interest of our other friends.

thank you. >> this all began because of the fact that there has been massive funding of terrorism by certain countries. and what i want is i want to stop the funding of terrorism. and we're going to stop the funding of terrorism. and if they don't, i don't want them to come together, but i think they will, okay? you have a question? your people have a question? yes. go ahead to the emir. >> translator: your highness, sorry, mr. president, we talk about kuwait mediation, the meetings that happened in kuwait

that received u.s. and international support. is there, in reality, something clear and in breakthrough has that been accomplished in this crisis that we're about to see at the beginning of our breakthrough or are the issues so complicated that we talked about a deep discussion. what is the real issue, complicated issue at the heart of this dispute? we would like to find some information of where is the problem here. how can we solve it, thank you? >> first of all, i would like to say there is no problem that cannot be resolved. true it is complicated, but when

we meet around one table, and now we have an affirmation from the country, to which some demands were presented by it's brotherly nations in the gulf region. when we hear it is ready to discussion all of these demands, we're not among those countries, but we are guarantors and we can guarantee that we will pressure ka tar because it is not in the interest of qatar to remain outside of the flock. rather it should join it's brothers in the gcc. as you know, thank god the wisdom of our brothers in the gulf region, they should appreciate the situation we're in today, the situation in

syria, in iraq, in syria and in libya. now is the time that we have to forget all of these differences. it is through -- we have desc d descended into some not very healthy issues, especially in the media, but in spite of all of that, we were one of the most people to be affected by this situation by what our brothers in qatar have done. when that happened, and before this came into existence, we met with our brothers in qatar and put an end to this issue. and this is now a normal issue. we met in the presence of

president trump and there was no one who said there was a dispute between us, but suddenly this dispute came into existence. thank god now what is what is i that we have stopped any military action, and these disputes, as i said, they are complicated and we have seen the media campaign that is totally unacceptable to the people because the media coming out of this country is against the people, not the rulers. and for that reasons, we have received from qatar a letter in response to the letter i sent them, and they are willing to sit down at the table and

discuss all these demands which the other parties have put down. and we're talking about 13 demands, and i'm certain that all these 13 demands, some of them -- a great part of them will be resolved and the other part we and perhaps we might not accept them because anything that affects sovereignty we would not accept, but they are very hopeful. we have great hope in our friends in the u.s. that they will assist to restore things to where they used to be. >> well, that is a problem that we will get resolved, and i'm very, very honored and happy to know that you have problems with the media also. thank you, everybodyme.

thank you very much. >> the president and the emir of kuwait with a press conference that was dominated by foreign affairs, middle east peace, north korea and obviously the role that kuwait has been playing in that diplomatic crisis between qatar and its arab neighbors. let's go to kelly o'donnell and talk about a couple of the headlines here. and certainly he didn't answer, kelly, a key question which was whether or not the president was willing to tolerate a nuclear north korea. >> that's right skpchlt it fits to a degree a pattern of president trump where elment reveal his future military plans. i thought it was also notable that he did not repeat some of the tough language we heard earlier in the summer when the president was at his working vacation in new jersey where he used the phrase fire and fury toward north korea. the likes of which the world has not seen before. a bit more muted and yet still approximate firm on the issue of

the potential for military action should that become necessary. there's hope that that will not be required. but the question was a notable one because we have seen the escalation in north korea's capabilities with nuclear weaponry and distribution, a means to get a weapon to the united states, and that raises the question of would the united states do something militarily or diplomatically to try to remove that capability from north korea. the president did not answer that directly. containment is a policy that the united states has used with foes around the world overtime. what we don't know, is that the policy of president trump's administration toward north korea. chris. >> and i want to go back into the room where kristen welker is standing by. in addition to north korea, the other big headline out of this may be as he stood next to the emir of kuwait and of course kuwait has been playing this role of mediator with qatar and its arab neighbors of the he said i would be willing to be

the mediator. >> that's right. and we heard some very strong language on that point. you also heard the president say that, and he didn't name any specific country, but clearly this is focused on qatar. he said that effectively it needs to stop funding terrorists. and he was very firm on that point, chris. i also thought it was interesting to listen to the emir talk about this crisis in his own region, saying that, look, there are 13 different points that have been put on the table. they are trying to come to some type of agreement, but they still have not yet. and so this is an issue that will continue to be at the forefront certainly for the gulf states. now, one other headline here is that truck me was when the president was asked about the prospects for mideast peace between the really i didn't see and plinls. you heard him say there's a channels for peace but i say that reluctantly.

that stood out to me because he typically takes a very affirmative view in terms of the prospects for mideast peace. his son-in-law jared kushner has been working on very vigorously. he was in the room here. and so the president really striking a more realistic tone about this crisis that has of course evaded so many presidents before him. and then one final headline. you heard him pressed on whether bash ar alassad of syria has in fact used chemical weapons again against his own people. he said he's not aware of that, but he was very firm reminding essentially people of the action that the united states took the last time that syria used chemical women's its own people and reiterated that that's not something he will tolerate. >> i want to to go to on dreea mitchell. so interesting and i want to just pick up on something that kristen said was that he seemed to back off a little bit by

suggesting that, you know, it was maybe he was suggesting there could be middle east people a little bit reluctantly, but when he talked about potentially being a mediator in what's going on with qatar, he suggested i think it can get solved fairly quickly. i wonder as you listen to this press conference that was dominated by foreign affairs what your headline is coming out of it. >> i guess my main headlines would be about north korea because as my colleagues have been pointing out, kelly and kristen have pointed out, he was much more toned down about north korea, even after their nuclear blast, which has all the indications could well have been hydrogen. we're waiting for final confirmation of that. but certainly the size and scale of that nuclear blast was unprecedented. and that said, he was much more toned down than he had been during his previous kmentsd in bedminster, for instance. clearly the impact of spending more time with secretary mattis, secretary tillerson today and

certainly the ongoing presence at his side of his new chief of staff john kelly seemed to be having some impact on the rhetoric at least. this at a time when there's so much going on. you've had vladimir putin hosting a summit, president xi hosting a summit, president xi of china in particular being very embarrassed by what the north koreans have done and also having a very tough, quote, frank conversation with the president himself as to what more clean is willing to do. some are indicating from the chinese diplomatic corps that they are willing to take a step up toward more sanctions at the united nations, but still no agreement on an oil embargo, which is what the u.s. has been pushing among the five permanent members of the security council. on the subject of the dispute between the soud i didn't see, the uae and kuwait and others in the region against qatar, this was also more toned down with the president saying that he's willing to be a mediator in this dispute.

a dispute which frankly the u.s. contributed to with the president disagreeing with his definition is skekt of state -- his defense secretary mattis and tillerson. the president jumped into it on the side of saudi arabia against a u.s. ally. >> thank you so much for that. and in our final minute or so i want to go back to kelly o'donnell because while this press conference was going on, the president's oldest son done junior left the senate judiciary room where he had been questioned by senators. this went on for five hours, kelly. >> an extensive questioning that was arranged with the chairman of the judiciary committee after the revelations earlier this summer about that meeting at trump tower in june 2016 where donald trump jr. and paul manafort then the chairman of the campaign and his brother-in-law jared kushner now a senior white house official

met with a russian lawyer and a russian lobby yis and a group of figures. at first the story from done trump jr. was russian adoption and then we saw how that evolved. today he put together an opening statement, sort of a written explanation that went further saying that he wanted to see if tlflgs information that might elicit some ip sight about the fitness of hillary clinton to be president and then he would have reached out to counsel to see if that would have been appropriate. chris, i think it's really notable that the president today was asking reporters if they had a question for the emir. he was almost moderating a news conference. that, of course, had more foreign policy questions come to the foer and none about donald trump jr. and his appearance before those investigators today. >> but so much else going on, including that vote on the debt ceiling, the testimony about donald trump jr. and of course a very dangerous and already deadly storm that is heading toward florida. kelly o'donnell, thank you for

that. and that's going to wrap things up for this very busy hour. >> we'll cover all those things that you were talking about, but right now in miami it is a race against the clock. hurricane irma has that city in its sites. in its wake, death, destruction, loss of homes, millions without power. to give you an idea of how destructive it is, here is the aftermath. video that's just in from saint martin. look at this. roofs torn off of homes. buildings nearly collapsed. here is what it looks like from space. this enormous block of black cloud that you see there. that's 175-mile-per-hour winds. unrelenting ranls could be heading straight for south florida. so that is naturally where our team of reporters is this afternoon. we have everything covered for you this hour. let's start off by getting the latest forecast and getting a clearer idea of where this stornl is headed and what we're trying to figure outti